Tom Jones

Wow! A lot of work went in to that - compiling and recording that data. It's interesting and encouraging. Thanks for making the effort to set that forth.

Bugs, I can't take that deal. I can't stop trashing the coach and the players .... can't stop because, like cocaine, rock climbing, and devil worship, I never started. Yes, I have made reference to what I think are comparative performance deficits by some players and some coaching decisions I didn't understand ... but nothing .... NOTHING ... i have ever said can reasonably be called "trashing". Players, coaches, referees, and fans ... they are all people - they are human beings ... they are not trash or garbage. Half of your suggested bargain is out of reach. Can't stop doing what I never started. But the other half .... well, that's up to you. Now, as to the particular crew whose histories I made reference to above ... you will be ultra hard pressed to find a group of refs with better credentials who are available to work this tournament. These are as good as it gets. In the judgement of BiG, NCAA, and WNBA administrative personnel, they are sufficiently competent to be hired and assigned games - important games - over and over and over again.

Often – very often – this forum has comments alleging poor officiating. Today’s MSU game thread is host to a usually high number of such complaints and some of them are unusually harsh. Words and phrases such as “garbage”, “BS”, “worst officiating ever”, “stooges”, “these guys don’t know what they doing” and even “should never be permitted to referee another game” – are becoming common. To hear it on here, the record for “worst ever” is repeatedly broken as past atrocities fade away and are replaced my even more egregiously bad calls. Several such comments were made about today’s game which was officiated by Angie Enlund, Cameron Inouye, and Mark Resch. I thought I would check the credentials of this team of alleged know nothings and see how badly their records really stink. The results: Angie Enlund has been a collegiate women's basketball official for 24 years, and for 21 of those years in the Division 1 level. She has made appearances at 14 NCAA Division 1 tournaments, 2 WNIT National Championships, 1 WBI National Championship and 5 Division 2 Elite Eight tournaments. Mark Resch (from a newspaper article published in 2020) … Resch has been working for the NCAA traveling all over the country to officiate ‘high level’ Division I women’s college basketball, while he has been officiating women’s basketball for the last 20 years, including a total of 12 at the Division I level. Resch has also worked the biggest gig in college basketball — the NCAA Women’s Tournament — every year since 2014. He has (or will) officiated at the ACC women's basketball tournament every year since at least 2020 Cameron Inouye – has officiated at various levels of college ball and in the WNBA. She has officiated THREE final fours in her career. Nuff said about her right there. Administrators in several conferences, in the NCAA, and, in one case, the WNBA obvious consider these three to be competent. As I said in an earlier post, reffing from the on-the-court view is quite a difficult job. In some ways, fans sitting in the lower bowl and those watching on TV really do have a better view of the action than the people wearing stripes on the court. We may disagree with the specific calls, but I think the personal invectives I see on here are way over the top.

no way, we are in - win or lose

what bothers me the most is the lackadaisical passing resulting in turnovers. AS's pass intended for Hake (I think) was done as tho she didn't realize that there were defenders on the court. Other passes were lazy like that and some were just crazy - trying to pass thru too many defenders. And these resulted in an unacceptable number of fast break points against us. Look at it this way - every one of those takeaways that scored for Purdue could have been scored for us is we had gotten shots off. That game could have been put away much earlier were it not for bad passing.

let's get the Gessert twins. Huskers lose at least four players after next year so there's plenty of room. And those 6 foot 1 backcourt players looked Power Five to me!

I think that a week to rest up and get ready for a known opponent outweighs any accumulation of rust. This, along with the Rutgers loss, reveals a serious problem with consistency.

yeah, and take note of her quiet/calm focus/determination in the fourth quarter. Trailing by nine against a very active defense - not an ounce of panic or even worry was evident. Also, when she got robbed on her way to the basket after a steal (I think it was McCabe who fouled her three times on her drive up the lane) .... no CC style antics. No acting out. No looks of disbelief - just got up off the floor and went back to work.

I have been watching WBB long enough to remember Ivy. She was REAL good - fast, smooth, had the moves, the shots, and the hops. Part of her success was her talent, determination, and enthusiasm. But she was the brightest star in the constellation in part because the others were, by today's standards, so dim. She did not play with and against anything like the competition that is out there today. Girls' and women's level of play has come a very long way since then. Now, as for Prince: I saw her again yesterday. She was not full court guarded by Beatrice nearly as effectively as she was by Scottsbluff the previous day and this gave her more opportunity to showcase her passing skills. And man-oh-man did she! Earlier in this discussion, someone, in comparing her to CC, said that she does not (yet at least) have the ability to make those CC bullet passes consistently hitting the bullseye, and that was consistent with what i had seen. But she launched some lasers yesterday - some too good for her teammates to handle. It will be fun to see her pass to a posted up Markowski and Petrie and to a streaking Potts with kick outs to Nissley. Also to see her benefit from strength, conditioning, and maturity. Remember - she is five years younger than Shelly et. al.

I was there too and thought that I was paying attention. Which is contradicted by these two facts: 1) I thought she was having a "good not great" game. Kept waiting for her to do something spectacular and only once she did. 2) then i looked at the score sheet and saw that she had 33 points (in a 32 minute game) and a ton of rebounds. WtH was I expecting? She was tirelessly and competently guarded full court by Scottsbluff #34 which cut down on her trademark long passes. She is gem! How she stands up to the physical play in the Big 10 is a question.

They lose four starters - all but Stuelke. BUT don't discount LB's ability to pull in portal talent

Very possible. And now let's suppose that the Huskers defeat Illinois, win a quarterfinal in the conference tournament, then play the semi close, and win a big dance game. Does Amy get votes for coach of the year?

Interesting. No ... fascinating! Does everyone note the strongly implied but unstated cudos to the UNL coaching staff?

Her playing time was minimal this season. It might have been her injury and her very slow recovery. This year we had 13 players on scholarship (counting Mendelson). If we lose four (MM, JS, MK, and DW) and gain the three recruits, that brings the total to 12. 15 are available. So even if AS stays, there is room fo transfers. So there def is room for her on the roster. Yes, it would be nice to her for spot duty or in case AW or JP gets injured. I would think this decision is up to her and she can decide if playing behind the other two bigs is worth taking another year out of her life. The other factor is that she might have an academic plan that would be helped by being on scholarship for another year. Ultimately I would think it's totally up to her. From what i heard her say at senior day, I would guess that she is ready to get on with her life.

Thinking back on this game and overjoyed that that Iowa hex had been broken, I thought i would look ahead to see what we might expect of Iowa in the near future. I like what I found. We don't know if CC will return for a 5th year or not, but I doubt it. I noted that of the three M's (Martin, Marshall, and Molly D) two are 5th year and the other is already a graduate. If CC moves on, that would mean that four of Iowa's five starters (accounting, this year, for about 55 pts a game) walk off the court on Senior Day never to return. Praise be! I don't know what Bluder has on the bench, but at least they won't be as seasoned as those they replace. On our end, the combo of AW and BP will soften the loss of Jazz so I expect the balance of talent against Iowa will be reversed.

I would hope (and expect) that the tournament schedulers would have the good sense to NOT set up a bracket where that would be a possibility at any level short of a regional final.

i have never seen her play - even tho I live within a few blocks of her school. Looking forward to seeing her in the state tourney.

Perhaps, I came on too strong and the assertion wasn't as blatant as I implied. I had made an inference based on .... earlier sections of the complaint that correctly says that UNL and its agents have the responsibility and authority to enact rules against sexual misconduct. Then, from item 18 "WILLIAMS put no restrictions on LOVE’s interactions with student-athletes. Nor did the NU Department of Athletics place restrictions on coaches’ interactions with student-athletes that would prevent sexual predation from item 20: " NU did not require WILLIAMS to enact rules and policies to protect student-athletes from coaches pursuing sexual relationships. Nor did the NU Department of Athletics itself establish rules and policies to establish and enforce boundaries as to sexual relationships between coaches and players, or to decrease the likelihood of sexual harassment/predation by employees of Cornhuskers student-athletes

AW's husband seems quite peripheral at this point. As for this team meeting .... I am really suspect about not only at the characterization of it but also whether it actually happened. As I said in another post on here, I key in on the assertion in the suit that the athletic department lacks any policy - any policy at all - about sexual relationships between students and UNL employees. This is outright ludicrous. Every major employer has such policies and UNL's is easily discoverable on the web. https://www.unl.edu/equity/NonDiscrimination.htm#:~:text=The University of Nebraska-Lincoln,ethnicity%2C national origin%2C sex%2C The assertion is patently untrue. One can argue as to how it has been applied but to say it doesn't exist is just silly. And, to me, this assertion, being central to all else, taints the credibility of everything else said in the filing. In my work, I have been privy to other such complaints of sexual misconduct/harassment. In my experience, a usual legal tactic is to file a complaint saying whatever is necessary to get the case in front of judge without concern as to whether it can be proven. So many complaints initially include sensational allegations which, having fulfilled their purpose, are abandoned once the case moves forward. I can easily believe that this alleged team meeting is such.

I absolutely do not believe, as is alleged, that the UNL AD lacks a policy - any policy at all - regarding sexual harassment and sexual relationships between coaches and student athletes nor that student athletes are not instructed/informed of how to report same. That would be unimaginable malpractice for any major employer. The presence of this ridiculously implausible allegation, in my opinion, calls into question the credibility of every other aspect of the filing. Just simply look here. https://www.unl.edu/equity/NonDiscrimination.htm#:~:text=The University of Nebraska-Lincoln,ethnicity%2C national origin%2C sex%2C This and the sub links explain in detail what the policy is and how to initiate a complaint. While one can allege that the policy was not correctly followed, it is just plain ludicrous on its face to assert that no policy exists.

Prediction: This will end with a confidential out of court settlement. "Confidential" meaning that the parties will agree to zip their lips and move on. And AW will not lose her job over this. ADTA and the UNL higher ups have been well aware of all that happened since it happened. Little, it anything, that is said in the suit will be new to them. Having been aware of this all along and having chosen not to fire the coach .... that won't change simply because it has now been publicly exposed.

I don't think so ... bc the author is only reporting on the content of the legal filing not personally asserting that it is true. Oh, I have no trouble believing that a coach would do what Love is accused of. That happens a lot. What I meant was that no coach, upon hearing this, would respond in the way that the suit accuses AW of having done. See below. Not quite. The last thing the school wants to do is to further injure the player. The school has the responsibility to protect the players. As alleged here, the school was failed to do so. The school can claim to have had no knowledge. BUT .... to have the sort of meeting in which players were knowingly enabled by the school to harass the aggrieved player - that is the first thing the school cannot do. And please everyone let's remember what the school is SAID to have done after the confrontation incident is all allegation without support. Let's please not reach any conclusions based only on allegations. Once the incident and the video came to coach's attention, she knew the follow up action was not within her purview as a coach. I believe that she contacted administration and whatever action was taken was consistent with what she was told, If - stressing the hypothetical - such was not the case, then she is in trouble. And one thing more .... all UNL student athletes are told about the school's and the department's policy on sexual harassment, inappropriate conduct both physical and verbal. They know the available channels for reporting such. If the victim doesn't report, the school's ability to protect her is compromised. And one more thing more .... it does strike me as hard to believe that AW et.al. had no inkling of the coach's tendency. Perhaps he was confronted and cautioned and warned and that he was just so convincing in his denial as to be believed.

First reaction: I CALL BULLS**T !!! Not on what is alleged of the assistant coach but on the reported reaction of the HCAW. No coach would handle the situation in the manner alleged. Instead she would have been in immediate contact with the AD who would have brought in the lawyers who would have advised that the AC be separated from the team - as happened. There would not have been an hours long team meeting at which the player was shouted at. My guess is that some shyster lawyer sees this opportunity to shake down the university ... that as a respondent UNL would have to choose between re-living the whole incident (obtaining testimony from players - thus subjecting them to cross examination) and disrupting the program vs just settling the suit. Obviously the AD has a ton of money and the litigants might hope that UNL would rather part with a couple million rather than open an old would. In another word ..... shakedown.

Isn't Petrie showing growing promise in this area?

The world of WBB will have to wait a while - maybe a very long while - for anyone - ANYONE - with CC potential. I have seen her in person half a dozen times. I agree with HuskerPapa except I would say that her shot is better than above average - field goal percentage (.590), 3-point percentage (.467), free throw percentage (.929). And she has all the shots - deep three, step back three, mid range floater, drives to the bucket - all that. She is Lindsay Moore with better size or Rachel Thibodeau without (yet anyway) the defensive acumen. She sees the court and the positions and movements of the other 9 players and can pick her spot accordingly to either shoot, drive, or pass quickly and with deadly accuracy. She is quick to hunt down rebounds too. Presuming that she stays four years and stays healthy, she has the potential to climb to the top of the double double leader board. Paired with Weidner (such that opponents have to look both ways), there are going to be a lot of gasp inducing assists and "how'd she do that?" comments. Can't wait to see how much of this comes true.